If you have managed to catch Charizard during the new 7 Star Tera Raid, you would be wondering how to use it during Ranked Battles. With Series 1 underway, it is time to figure out the best build to use on Charizard. In this guide, we will see the best Charizard build for Ranked Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
Best Charizard Build for Ranked Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
Charizard is the latest addition to the Pokedex if you have successfully caught it during the 7 Star raid. Here we will see the best Charizard build for ranked battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
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Let’s take a look at some of Charizard’s stats
- Type: Fire/ Flying
- Weakness: Rock, Water, Electric
- Takes Damage: Ice, Poison, Normal, Flying, Ghost, Dragon, Psychic, Dark
- Immune: Ground
- Resistance: Steel, Fighting, Fire, Fairy, Grass, Bug
Best Charizard Build
- Tera Type: Fire
- Ability: Solar Power – Raises Charizard’s Special Attack by 50%, but will also decrease its max HP by 12.5% after every turn.
- Nature: Timid
- Held Item: Life Orb
- Stats: HP – 153 / DEF – 98 / SPL ATK – 161 / SPL DEF 106 / Speed 167
- EV Spread: SPL ATK – 252 / Speed – 252 / SPL DEF – 4
Best Charizard Moveset
- Flamethrower
- Dragon Pulse
- Solar Beam
- Air Slash
Having a Fire Tera Type will increase the damage for Charizard’s Flamethrower. With the activation of Sunny Day, the Solar Beam effect will let Charizard charge and attack at the same turn. The Solar Power ability will further increase Charizard’s fire attacks, and Life Orb will boost its moves as well. Focusing on Charizard’s speed will help it take a turn first, knocking out potential opponents that it is weak to. You can swap Flamethrower with Blast Burn and Fire Blast but at the cost of low accuracy. These moves can be used if Charizard is low on HP. Dragon Pulse can be swapped with Will-O-Wisp to lower the opponent’s attack stat.
Best Charizard Team
- Lead Attack: Koraidon
- Offense: Charizard
- Physical Wall: Brute Bonnet
If you are planning on using Charizard with a Sun Team, then the above build would work in doubling Charizard’s special attacks provided there is sunlight. You can also include Charizard with a team of Chlorophyll using Pokémon to take advantage of the sun. Koraidon’s ability Orichalcum Pulse is great for Charizard and Brute Bonnet, but more so for Charizard. With it, Charizard will be an unstoppable force. Brute Bonnet’s Dark moves can counter the Pokémon that Charizard is weak against, thus making this trio the best-attacking force for ranked battle.
That’s all there is to know about the best Charizard build for ranked battle in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. If you like this guide you can check out our other guides as well.